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Live levels from 6 monitoring stations across Northumberland, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kielder Butteryhaugh | 0.54 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| downstream, distance by river not measured | ||||
| Ugly Dub | 0.56 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 2.1 km by river | ||||
| Falstone | 0.37 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 14.3 km by river | ||||
| Bellingham | 0.22 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 18.4 km by river | ||||
| Reaverhill | 0.59 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
| 5.4 km by river | ||||
| Chollerford | 0.24 m 1h ago | Normal | ||
Stations are listed from source to mouth as the water flows, traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers) and the Environment Agency’s own links between its gauges. A distance “by river” is along the river, and is shown only where the map traces the path.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the North Tyne above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Joins the North Tyne above Kielder Butteryhaugh, its highest gauge, no more than 2.6 km by river above Kielder Butteryhaugh.
| Kielder Burn | 0.21 m 7h ago | Normal |
Its water passes every gauge on the North Tyne, from Kielder Butteryhaugh down.
Joins the North Tyne between Bellingham and Reaverhill, no more than 18.3 km by river above Reaverhill.
| Hareshaw Burn | 0.13 m 1h ago | — |
Its water passes Reaverhill and every gauge below it on the North Tyne. It does not pass Bellingham or the gauges above it.
Joins the North Tyne between Bellingham and Reaverhill, no more than 16.6 km by river above Reaverhill.
| Otterburn | 0.43 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 4.6 km by river | ||
| Otterburn Mill | 0.26 m 1h ago | Normal |
| 15.6 km by river | ||
| Rede Bridge | 0.21 m 1h ago | Normal |
Its water passes Reaverhill and every gauge below it on the North Tyne. It does not pass Bellingham or the gauges above it.
Below Chollerford, its water next reaches Hexham, a gauge on River Tyne, 8.6 km by river downstream.
Tributaries and where they join are traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers, edition 2026-04) and the Environment Agency’s links between its gauges. The map holds distances between gauges, not the junctions themselves, so a junction is placed between two gauges, and no further up than the tributary’s own lowest gauge. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
11 storm overflows are traced upstream of Chollerford, the North Tyne’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the North Tyne itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Chollerford: 506 spills over 3,660 hours in total, across all 11.
Each overflow is listed in the stretch above the first gauge its water reaches, from the source down, as on the Gauges tab. A stretch of the North Tyne includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the North Tyne’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the North Tyne’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.
A status is the water company’s own monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, never how much or why, and a spill does not by itself explain a change in a river level. A status older than two hours is shown as unknown. Annual figures are the official returns: 12/24-hour spills for England and Wales, overflow events for Scotland (Scottish Water counts differently, so the two cannot be compared). “No data” means the monitor produced no usable data that year, not zero. Overflows are placed on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels: an overflow the map cannot place may still drain here. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Sewage in Britain’s rivers →
Live status: © Northumbrian Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual figures for England: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Dated samples taken by the Environment Agency, not live readings. Results are published days to months after the sample is taken, and many points are sampled only a few times a year, or have not been sampled for years.
48 sampling points on the River North Tyne and the streams that join it above Chollerford, and below it. 19 have a sample from the last 12 months; 25 have any sample banked.
Sampled most recently, anywhere on the North Tyne and its streams:
| Where, from the source down | Sampling points | Newest sample |
|---|---|---|
| River Rede and its streamsjoins the North Tyne above Reaverhill | 15 points6 sampled | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Above Falstone | 1 point | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Above Bellingham | 11 points5 sampled | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Above Hareshaw BurnHareshaw Burn · joins the North Tyne above Reaverhill | 2 points | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Above Reaverhill | 11 points6 sampled | 2 Sep 2026 |
| Above Chollerford | 3 points1 sampled | 2 Dec 2024 |
| Above Kielder BurnKielder Burn · joins the North Tyne above Kielder Butteryhaugh | 3 points2 sampled | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Above Kielder Butteryhaugh | 1 point | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Below the lowest gauge | 1 point | 2 Sep 2026 |
England's samples only. Each count opens the list of those points, nearest first, with the date of each one’s latest sample (the gauge’s “Upstream of here” list).
FloodRadar does not grade these results: there is no overall score, and official river classifications are a separate dataset. A sample taken downstream of an overflow does not by itself show where anything in it came from. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.
Water samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
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